it's a good reality check to realize that i am not great or amazing or anything incredible on my own.
this is not a "i had a bad day with a giant helping of low self esteem" blog.
i had a wonderful day full of incredible people and full of God.
i just mean that there's nothing i can do to impress God.
and nothing i do will ever make me more valuable than anyone else.
why? because He could always do it better.
if i found the cure for cancer tomorrow there would be no "thank you so much nicole i couldn't have done that without you" speech.
not that we shouldn't do good things for the glory of God.
but that's what it should be about, bringing glory to Him.
i'm a Christian. a follower of Jesus Christ.
before i was a Christian, i was a sinner.
and now, i'm still a sinner.
there's no act of love i can accomplish or pure life i can live that will save me from myself.
i don't need to do good works to redeem myself or make God love me.
He has always loved me.
and Jesus has already redeemed me. He died that i might have life and have it to the full.
good works don't achieve salvation.
but salvation should move me to do good works,
living a life so abundant and full of the love of Jesus that it spills out into everything i do.
not to us but to Your name be the glory.
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